The Fresno Bee | March 22, 2022

Kings County home care workers rally for $20 hourly increases for “living wage”

Kings County home care providers of SEIU Local 2015 voiced their struggles to survive on low wages and absence of healthcare Tuesday morning as they advocated for ‘Time for $20’ wages to the board of supervisors. “What do we want?”...

Kings County Livable Wage Region 3
LA Sentinal | March 18, 2022

Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, released results from its worker poll that highlights an industry in crisis. COVID has exacerbated a pre-existing...
LA Sentinel | March 17, 2022

Nursing Home Worker Poll: Half Say They Are Likely to Leave Their Jobs in the Next 12 Months

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, released results from its worker poll that highlights an industry in crisis. COVID has exacerbated a pre-existing...

Covid Nursing Homes Staffing Crisis
PoliticoPro.com | March 14, 2022

‘You will see the wrath’ — Progressives warn Biden against cutting down agenda

President Joe Biden’s vision for building a vast "care economy" has collapsed — and Democrats fear their party’s political advantage with parents and caregivers could end up as collateral damage. “They cannot return home for a midterm election without bringing...
The 19th | March 11, 2022

Nursing home workers react to Biden’s ‘game-changing’ call for reform

Nursing home staffers — the majority of whom are women, disproportionately women of color — have kept centers running through unprecedented times. Now help could be coming. President Joe Biden last week rolled out an ambitious set of proposals to...

Nursing Homes President Biden Reform Bills
AL DÍA | February 25, 2022

La manifestación de Los Ángeles da el pistoletazo de salida al esfuerzo por naturalizar a 2 millones de ciudadanos estadounidenses este año

Hay aproximadamente 9 millones de residentes legales permanentes en EE.UU. con derecho a la ciudadanía que aún no la han solicitado. El martes 22 de febrero, los alcaldes de Los Ángeles y Long Beach (California) se unieron a representantes de...

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The Washington Post | February 24, 2022

Black women are overrepresented and underpaid in health care’s toughest jobs, study shows

Black women are more overrepresented in health-care jobs than any other demographic groups, and are concentrated in its lowest-paid and most dangerous roles — disparities that are products of structural racism and sexism, according to a new study published this month...

Black Community Healthcare Workers
LA Sentinel | February 17, 2022

California’s Largest Labor Union Announces Endorsements for Los Angeles Mayor, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors District 3, and Other Local Races

SEIU 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing more than 400,000 nursing home and home care workers, announced their candidate endorsements for several open elected positions in 2022 in Los Angeles County, including the...

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Times Standard | February 14, 2022

Eureka nursing home staff demand better conditions

Residents at a Eureka nursing home got a special Valentine’s Day card this year. The workers at the facility wanted to let residents know their fight for better staffing levels would improve the lives of residents, too.

Better Working Conditions Eureka Nursing Homes Region 6
The Bakersfield Californian | February 14, 2022

Union says higher wages will lead to better conditions at skilled nursing facility in Delano

Employees of a skilled nursing facility in Delano are pushing for higher wages, saying their low pay is creating “unsafe staffing levels” in nursing homes. Certified nurses assistants from the Delano District Skilled Nursing Facility took part in a Valentine's...

Better Working Conditions Delano Higher Wages
The Grio | January 30, 2022

From businesses to workers, inflation is taking its toll on Black communities

Black business owners feel they are experiencing the brunt of high inflation rates, but experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst has yet to come for the Black community as a whole. Khari Parker, co-founder of Connie’s...

Black Communities Inflation